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DESCRIPTION: \nThe process of plant litter decomposition is opposed to phot
 osynthesis in the global nutrient cycles and therefore of outermost import
 ance for the functioning of most ecosystems. In forest ecosystems\, highly
  complex microbial communities dominated by fungi degrade the plant remain
 s. By preferably utilizing the most easily degradable compounds at a time\
 , their activity causes changes in the chemical composition of the plant l
 itter. This again entails compositional shifts in the fungal community tow
 ards taxa or genotypes being most capable of degrading the respective comp
 ounds. In temperate regions\, the resulting changes in fungal community co
 mposition along vertical soil profiles become even more complex due to dif
 ferent temperatures favoring different fungal taxa throughout the year’s c
 ourse.\nWhile the decomposer community is usually dominated by saprobic so
 il fungi\, recent studies provide evidence that also endophytic fungi play
  a major role at certain decomposition stages. Predominantly\, they are in
 volved in the very early stages by rapidly utilizing readily available sol
 uble sugars after leaf fall\, but some taxa may remain active throughout t
 he whole decomposition process. However\, endophytic fungi seem not to be 
 involved in the energy consuming degradation of highly recalcitrant compou
 nds\, such as lignin\, which limits of litter decomposition at the late st
 ages. While there is growing evidence that mycorrhizal fungi\, benefitting
  from energy supply from the host plants\, may contribute to this process\
 , their involvement in litter degradation is still under debate.\nNeverthe
 less\, recent advances in methodology greatly facilitated unraveling the c
 omplex processes accomplished by litter degrading fungi and the interrelat
 ions among the different ecological groups. These methods include massive 
 parallel sequencing (‘Next Generation Sequencing’) as well as high-density
  microarrays and the miniaturization of enzyme assays for high throughput 
 application.\n 
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SUMMARY:Dr. Derek Persoh\, Abteilung Mykologie\, Universität Bayreuth (Home
 page): New insights into functional diversity of plant and soil inhabiting
  fungal communities
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